Stand fast

Gala 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Mark 4:14-20 The sower soweth the word.

15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

Ÿ (If he can get the Word you will have no roots)NO WORD NO ROOTS

18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

John 8:31 (KJS) Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;

3306 meno- Continue

1) to remain, abide

a) in reference to place: 1) to sojourn, tarry 2) not to depart 3) to continue to be present

4) to be held, kept, continually

b) in reference to time:

to continue to be, not to perish, to last, to endure; used of persons, to survive, live

c) in reference to a state or a condition:

to remain as one, not to become another or different

2) to wait for, to await one

Stand fast (Where is your fighting spirit?)

1 Cor 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Phil 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

II Th 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

Ephe 6:13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. :14 Stand therefore...

Ÿ Fight while you are waiting, fight the weeds(Mk.4,19), sleep, attacks, tiredness(Gal.6,9)

Jame 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Ÿ Plant the Seed (The Word)

Ÿ And wait for the Fruit

1Tim 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into [this] world, [and it is] certain we can carry nothing out.

8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.